Archive for September 5, 2007
The “conspiracy” in the Arab world has decided to rehabilitate the corrupt autocrat, King Faruq. Saudi media are planning a blitz (both in dramas and in “documentaries”) to promote and praise King Faruq. This only confirms that House of Saud really never forgave Nasser for how he treated them prior to 1967. Some of you [...]
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“NGO and Imperialism” (thanks Junaid)
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Prisoner 345″ (thanks John)
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
They will be trained in spotting and attacking Arabs: “Bay Area K9 handlers head to Israel for training” (thanks Sellam)
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Ha’aretz columnist Danny Rubinstein had the unrepentant last word after being dropped by a British Zionist organization that objected to his calling Israel an “apartheid” state.” (thanks Regan)
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Stephen Miller, writing on a website called the Independent Gay Forum, wondered why so few on the gay left were upset that the police are carrying out sting operations to catch gay men cruising.”
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Stephen Miller, writing on a website called the Independent Gay Forum, wondered why so few on the gay left were upset that the police are carrying out sting operations to catch gay men cruising.”
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“A report earlier this month by the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, a secular-leaning lobby, details some 567 cases of police torture in the past 14 years, of which 167 led to the victim’s death.”
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Love” in the Qur’an. I just read that a conference is being held in Amman, Jordan under the title of “Love in the Qur’an.” It is very annoying. There is no such notion of “love” in the Qur’an. Do you see how “some people” are trying to import Western Christian notions and apply them to [...]
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
I have written before about the way Saudi media now cater to the propaganda interests of the Bush administration. It is part of the “deal” between the US and Saudi Arabia after Sep. 11. Yesterday, I read a column by `Abdur-Rahman Ar-Rashid (former editor-in-chief of Prince Salman’s mouthpiece, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) and current director of Al-Arabiya [...]
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
““I urge the mayor and the members of the city council to stop the building of this mosque!—
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
“From Orléans to Hameau des Baux, Washington to Downing Street, Ms Reza witnesses Mr Sarkozy unadorned. In one scene, he describes the French ambassador to Lebanon as “a famous cretinâ€,”
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad
Angry Arab in London. The pilot on the plane to London was very annoying. He liked to listen to himself talk: he assumed that there was political significance to everything he said. Even when he informed passengers that they had a choice of beef or pasta, he made it sound that he was presenting them [...]
Posted on September 5, 2007 by As'ad